Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals players: who played for both

Who played for both the Cubs and Cardinals?

329 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals between 1882 and 2025, including Lou Brock, Rogers Hornsby, Don Kessinger and Shawon Dunston. 154 of them played for the Cubs first and 163 for the Cardinals first; 12 played for both in the same season.

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Hugh Nicol is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cubs first, then the Cardinals from 1883.
Genesis Cabrera is the most recent: Cardinals first, then the Cubs from 2025.
Lou Brock played the most games across the two: 327 for the Cubs and 2,289 for the Cardinals.
70 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rogers Hornsby.
Most common positions on this list: P (154), OF (65), C (42), 2B (23).

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All 329 players, most games for the two first

Seasons and regular-season games with each franchise (1876–2025). A gap of a season or more starts a new spell.
Player	Pos	Cubs	Cardinals
Lou Brock	OF	1961–1964 (327 g)	1964–1979 (2289 g)
Rogers Hornsby	2B	1929–1932 (317 g)	1915–1926, 1933 (1580 g)
Don Kessinger	SS	1964–1975 (1648 g)	1976–1977 (204 g)
Shawon Dunston	SS	1985–1995, 1997 (1254 g)	1999–2000 (160 g)
Charlie Grimm	1B	1925–1936 (1334 g)	1918 (50 g)
Cliff Heathcote	OF	1922–1930 (858 g)	1918–1922 (431 g)
Jim Edmonds	OF	2008 (85 g)	2000–2007 (1105 g)
Ken Reitz	3B	1981 (82 g)	1972–1975, 1977–1980 (1100 g)
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	1942–1943, 1945–1949 (726 g)	1950–1954 (441 g)
Max Flack	OF	1916–1922 (796 g)	1922–1925 (340 g)
Willson Contreras	C	2016–2022 (734 g)	2023–2025 (344 g)
Jose Cardenal	OF	1972–1977 (821 g)	1970–1971 (237 g)
Del Rice	C	1960 (18 g)	1945–1955, 1960 (1038 g)
Bob O'Farrell	C	1915–1925, 1934 (666 g)	1925–1928, 1933, 1935 (387 g)
Jimmy Sheckard	OF	1906–1912 (1000 g)	1913 (52 g)
Leon Durham	1B	1981–1988 (921 g)	1980, 1989 (125 g)
Ripper Collins	1B	1937–1938 (258 g)	1931–1936 (777 g)
Mike Tyson	2B	1980–1981 (173 g)	1972–1979 (844 g)
Sparky Adams	2B	1922–1927 (672 g)	1930–1933 (319 g)
Hank Sauer	OF	1949–1955 (862 g)	1956 (75 g)
Jerry Morales	OF	1974–1977, 1981–1983 (792 g)	1978 (130 g)
Jason Heyward	OF	2016–2022 (744 g)	2015 (154 g)
Jon Jay	OF	2017 (141 g)	2010–2015 (757 g)
Taylor Douthit	OF	1933 (27 g)	1923–1931 (855 g)
George Altman	OF	1959–1962, 1965–1967 (732 g)	1963 (135 g)
Mike Gonzalez	C	1925–1929 (298 g)	1915–1918, 1924–1925, 1931–1932 (568 g)
John Mabry	OF	2006 (107 g)	1994–1998, 2001, 2004–2005 (748 g)
Todd Zeile	3B	1995 (79 g)	1989–1995 (757 g)
Jerry Mumphrey	OF	1986–1988 (292 g)	1974–1979 (522 g)
Ivan de Jesus	SS	1977–1981 (738 g)	1985 (59 g)
Ted Sizemore	2B	1979 (98 g)	1971–1975 (679 g)
Hal Jeffcoat	OF	1948–1955 (737 g)	1959 (12 g)
Ryan Theriot	SS	2005–2010 (609 g)	2011 (132 g)
Frank Demaree	OF	1932–1933, 1935–1938 (701 g)	1943 (39 g)
George Gore	OF	1879–1886 (719 g)	1892 (20 g)
Jim Hickman	OF	1968–1973 (682 g)	1974 (50 g)
Lee Smith	P	1980–1987 (459 g)	1990–1993 (245 g)
Walt Moryn	OF	1956–1960 (594 g)	1960–1961 (92 g)
Les Mann	OF	1916–1919 (453 g)	1921–1923 (220 g)
Dexter Fowler	OF	2015–2016 (281 g)	2017–2020 (389 g)
Eddie Miksis	2B	1951–1956 (620 g)	1957 (49 g)
Ken O'Dea	C	1935–1938 (325 g)	1942–1946 (336 g)
Alex Grammas	SS	1962–1963 (39 g)	1954–1956, 1959–1962 (619 g)
Mickey Owen	C	1949–1951 (206 g)	1937–1940 (450 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1954–1955 (111 g)	1940–1945, 1956–1957 (525 g)
Corey Patterson	OF	2000–2005 (589 g)	2011 (44 g)
George Decker	OF	1892–1897 (543 g)	1898 (76 g)
Daniel Descalso	2B	2019 (82 g)	2010–2014 (529 g)
Les Bell	3B	1930–1931 (149 g)	1923–1927 (455 g)
Joe Girardi	C	1989–1992, 2000–2002 (578 g)	2003 (16 g)
Stu Martin	2B	1943 (64 g)	1936–1940 (528 g)
So Taguchi	OF	2009 (6 g)	2002–2007 (578 g)
Aaron Miles	2B	2009 (74 g)	2006–2008, 2010 (481 g)
Bruce Sutter	P	1976–1980 (300 g)	1981–1984 (249 g)
Roger Bresnahan	C	1900, 1913–1915 (249 g)	1909–1912 (291 g)
Gary Gaetti	3B	1998–1999 (150 g)	1996–1998 (380 g)
Lindy McDaniel	P	1963–1965 (191 g)	1955–1962 (337 g)
Lee Magee	OF	1919 (79 g)	1911–1914 (432 g)
Howard Freigau	3B	1925–1927 (287 g)	1922–1925 (223 g)
Al Dark	SS	1958–1959 (250 g)	1956–1958 (258 g)
Mick Kelleher	SS	1976–1980 (433 g)	1972–1973, 1975 (73 g)
Emil Verban	2B	1948–1950 (200 g)	1944–1946 (302 g)
Phil Gagliano	2B	1970 (26 g)	1963–1970 (468 g)
Larry Jackson	P	1963–1966 (129 g)	1955–1962 (355 g)
Harry Walker	OF	1949 (42 g)	1940–1943, 1946–1947, 1950–1951, 1955 (437 g)
Steve Swisher	C	1974–1977 (366 g)	1978–1980 (101 g)
Lon Warneke	P	1930–1936, 1942–1943, 1945 (276 g)	1937–1942 (183 g)
Rick Wilkins	C	1991–1995 (455 g)	2000 (4 g)
Hugh Nicol	OF	1881–1882 (73 g)	1883–1886 (383 g)
Joe Garagiola	C	1953–1954 (137 g)	1946–1951 (317 g)
Bob Scheffing	C	1941–1942, 1946–1950 (437 g)	1951 (12 g)
Gus Mancuso	C	1939 (80 g)	1928, 1930–1932, 1941–1942 (368 g)
Patrick Wisdom	3B	2020–2024 (414 g)	2018 (32 g)
Guy Bush	P	1923–1934 (429 g)	1938 (6 g)
Bob Caruthers	OF	1893 (1 g)	1884–1887, 1892 (411 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1915 (7 g)	1919–1924 (405 g)
Jose Martinez	OF	2020 (10 g)	2016–2019 (398 g)
Hector Cruz	OF	1978, 1981–1982 (100 g)	1973, 1975–1977 (303 g)
Delino DeShields	2B	2001–2002 (135 g)	1997–1998 (267 g)
Carl Sawatski	C	1948, 1950, 1953 (83 g)	1960–1963 (305 g)
Mordecai Brown	P	1904–1912, 1916 (360 g)	1903 (26 g)
Joe Quest	2B	1879–1882 (285 g)	1883–1884 (100 g)
Red Murray	OF	1915 (51 g)	1906–1908 (332 g)
Bill Hutchison	P	1889–1895 (376 g)	1897 (6 g)
Don Landrum	OF	1962–1965 (309 g)	1960–1962 (73 g)
Sam Mertes	OF	1898–1900 (327 g)	1906 (53 g)
Jason Motte	P	2015 (57 g)	2008–2012, 2014 (311 g)
Cliff Carroll	OF	1890–1891 (266 g)	1892 (101 g)
Mark DeRosa	3B	2007–2008 (298 g)	2009 (68 g)
Pete Alexander	P	1918–1926 (242 g)	1926–1929 (116 g)
Ron Northey	OF	1950, 1952 (54 g)	1947–1949 (296 g)
Jose Vizcaino	SS	1991–1993 (330 g)	2006 (16 g)
Jack Taylor	P	1898–1903, 1906–1907 (241 g)	1904–1906 (98 g)
Mark Grudzielanek	2B	2003–2004 (202 g)	2005 (137 g)
Jimmy Cooney	SS	1926–1927 (174 g)	1924–1925 (164 g)
Miguel Cairo	2B	1997, 2001 (82 g)	2001–2003, 2007 (255 g)
Dick Harley	OF	1903 (104 g)	1897–1898 (232 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1891–1894 (281 g)	1901 (53 g)
Cupid Childs	2B	1900–1901 (200 g)	1899 (125 g)
Dizzy Dean	P	1938–1941 (43 g)	1930, 1932–1937 (281 g)
Howie Pollet	P	1953–1955 (69 g)	1941–1943, 1946–1951 (250 g)
Hal Rice	OF	1954 (51 g)	1948–1953 (267 g)
John Barry	OF	1904–1905 (100 g)	1906–1908 (216 g)
Clark Griffith	P	1893–1900 (284 g)	1891 (27 g)
Steve Lake	C	1983–1986, 1993 (175 g)	1986–1988 (136 g)
Frank DiPino	P	1986–1988 (162 g)	1989–1990, 1992 (138 g)
Mike Perez	P	1995–1996 (92 g)	1990–1994 (205 g)
Glen Hobbie	P	1957–1964 (271 g)	1964 (13 g)
Gene Oliver	C	1968–1969 (31 g)	1959, 1961–1963 (251 g)
Les Lancaster	P	1987–1991 (232 g)	1993 (50 g)
Doug Clemens	OF	1964–1965 (182 g)	1960–1964 (93 g)
Sheriff Blake	P	1924–1931 (261 g)	1937 (14 g)
Tuck Stainback	OF	1934–1937 (267 g)	1938 (6 g)
Bobby Smith	OF	1962 (13 g)	1957–1959, 1962 (255 g)
Ray Burris	P	1973–1979 (244 g)	1986 (23 g)
Steve Bilko	1B	1954 (47 g)	1949–1954 (219 g)
Tex Carleton	P	1935–1938 (133 g)	1932–1934 (131 g)
Ernie Broglio	P	1964–1966 (59 g)	1959–1964 (200 g)
Hobie Landrith	C	1956 (111 g)	1957–1958 (145 g)
Jim King	OF	1955–1956 (231 g)	1957 (22 g)
Lance Johnson	OF	1997–1999 (219 g)	1987 (33 g)
Lynn McGlothen	P	1978–1981 (152 g)	1974–1976 (99 g)
Jimmie Schaffer	C	1963–1964 (111 g)	1961–1962 (138 g)
Ken Rudolph	C	1969–1973 (178 g)	1975–1976 (71 g)
Dave Veres	P	2003 (31 g)	2000–2002 (213 g)
Jack O'Neill	C	1904–1905 (104 g)	1902–1903 (138 g)
Art Nichols	C	1898–1900 (39 g)	1901–1903 (202 g)
Chris Speier	SS	1985–1986 (201 g)	1984 (38 g)
Curt Simmons	P	1966–1967 (36 g)	1960–1966 (202 g)
Pickles Dillhoefer	C	1917 (41 g)	1919–1921 (197 g)
John Kelleher	3B	1921–1923 (224 g)	1912 (8 g)
Mort Cooper	P	1949 (1 g)	1938–1945 (230 g)
Bob Fisher	SS	1914–1915 (162 g)	1918–1919 (66 g)
Eddie Stanky	2B	1943–1944 (155 g)	1952–1953 (70 g)
Carl Warwick	OF	1966 (16 g)	1961–1962, 1964–1965 (206 g)
Cesar Izturis	SS	2006–2007 (87 g)	2008 (135 g)
Clyde Shoun	P	1935–1937 (46 g)	1938–1942 (175 g)
Irv Noren	OF	1959–1960 (77 g)	1957–1959 (142 g)
Jeff Fassero	P	2001–2002 (139 g)	2002–2003 (78 g)
Rick Sutcliffe	P	1984–1991 (199 g)	1994 (16 g)
Barney Schultz	P	1961–1963 (107 g)	1955, 1963–1965 (107 g)
Tony Kaufmann	P	1921–1927 (178 g)	1927–1928, 1930–1931, 1935 (35 g)
Moe Drabowsky	P	1956–1960 (131 g)	1971–1972 (81 g)
Vic Harris	2B	1974–1975 (113 g)	1976 (97 g)
Jason Marquis	P	2007–2008 (79 g)	2004–2006 (125 g)
Dennis Eckersley	P	1984–1986 (83 g)	1996–1997 (120 g)
Tony Fossas	P	1998 (8 g)	1995–1997 (194 g)
Rabbit Maranville	SS	1925 (75 g)	1927–1928 (121 g)
Bill Campbell	P	1982–1983 (144 g)	1985 (50 g)
Joe Mather	OF	2012 (103 g)	2008, 2010 (90 g)
Hector Villanueva	C	1990–1992 (174 g)	1993 (17 g)
Ellis Burton	OF	1963–1965 (152 g)	1958, 1960 (37 g)
Bobby Morgan	2B	1957–1958 (126 g)	1956 (61 g)
Jon Lester	P	2015–2020 (175 g)	2021 (12 g)
Kent Bottenfield	P	1996–1997 (112 g)	1998–1999 (75 g)
Paul Derringer	P	1943–1945 (109 g)	1931–1933 (77 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	2001 (34 g)	2004–2005 (151 g)
Tony Womack	2B	2003, 2006 (40 g)	2004 (145 g)
Genesis Cabrera	P	2025 (9 g)	2019–2023 (175 g)
George Frazier	P	1984–1986 (123 g)	1978–1980 (61 g)
Dave Rader	C	1978 (116 g)	1977 (66 g)
Ethan Allen	OF	1936 (91 g)	1933 (91 g)
Ted Abernathy	P	1965–1966, 1969–1970 (171 g)	1970 (11 g)
Mike Garman	P	1976 (47 g)	1974–1975 (130 g)
Steve Cishek	P	2018–2019 (150 g)	2015 (27 g)
Heathcliff Slocumb	P	1991–1993 (92 g)	1999–2000 (84 g)
Carson Kelly	C	2025 (111 g)	2016–2018 (63 g)
Ray King	P	1999 (10 g)	2004–2005 (163 g)
Mike Difelice	C	2004 (4 g)	1996–1997, 2002 (167 g)
Jaime Garcia	P	2018 (8 g)	2008, 2010–2016 (162 g)
Buddy Schultz	P	1975–1976 (35 g)	1977–1979 (134 g)
Curt Davis	P	1936–1937 (52 g)	1938–1940 (117 g)
Darold Knowles	P	1975–1976 (116 g)	1979–1980 (50 g)
Vic Keen	P	1921–1925 (117 g)	1926–1927 (47 g)
Bob Tewksbury	P	1987–1988 (8 g)	1989–1994 (155 g)
Coaker Triplett	OF	1938 (12 g)	1941–1943 (150 g)
Pete Whisenant	OF	1956 (103 g)	1955 (58 g)
Jakie May	P	1931–1932 (66 g)	1917–1921 (93 g)
Tom Poholsky	P	1957 (28 g)	1950–1951, 1954–1956 (131 g)
Moe Thacker	C	1958, 1960–1962 (155 g)	1963 (3 g)
Donovan Osborne	P	2002 (11 g)	1992–1993, 1995–1999 (146 g)
Byron Browne	OF	1965–1967 (134 g)	1969 (22 g)
Jake Stenzel	OF	1890 (11 g)	1898–1899 (143 g)
Ted Savage	OF	1967–1968 (99 g)	1965–1967 (55 g)
Bob Wicker	P	1903–1906 (117 g)	1901–1903 (35 g)
Donnie Moore	P	1975, 1977–1979 (141 g)	1980 (11 g)
Pat Perry	P	1988–1989 (54 g)	1985–1987 (97 g)
Jim Brosnan	P	1954, 1956–1958 (97 g)	1958–1959 (53 g)
Otto Williams	SS	1903–1904 (95 g)	1902–1903 (55 g)
Jim Davis	P	1954–1956 (134 g)	1957 (10 g)
Sam Jones	P	1955–1956 (69 g)	1957–1958, 1963 (74 g)
Doc Marshall	C	1908 (12 g)	1906–1908 (128 g)
Todd Wellemeyer	P	2003–2005 (57 g)	2007–2009 (83 g)
Fred Beebe	P	1906 (14 g)	1906–1909 (124 g)
Harry Wolter	OF	1917 (117 g)	1907 (17 g)
Gene Mauch	2B	1948–1949 (126 g)	1952 (7 g)
Bobby Bonds	OF	1981 (45 g)	1980 (86 g)
Jose Bautista	P	1993–1994 (118 g)	1997 (11 g)
Kent Mercker	P	2004 (71 g)	1998–1999 (58 g)
Leo Burke	OF	1963–1965 (98 g)	1963 (30 g)
Tom Dolan	C	1879 (1 g)	1883–1884, 1888 (127 g)
Pete Noonan	C	1906 (5 g)	1906–1907 (121 g)
Mike Morgan	P	1992–1995, 1998 (90 g)	1995–1996 (35 g)
Carlos Villanueva	P	2013–2014 (89 g)	2015 (35 g)
Bobby Del Greco	OF	1957 (20 g)	1956 (102 g)
Tom Parrott	OF	1893 (4 g)	1896 (118 g)
Bobby Shantz	P	1964 (20 g)	1962–1964 (99 g)
Jeff Cross	SS	1948 (16 g)	1942, 1946–1948 (103 g)
Charley Smith	3B	1969 (2 g)	1966 (116 g)
Gene Packard	P	1916–1917 (46 g)	1917–1918 (72 g)
Mike Proly	P	1982–1983 (104 g)	1976 (14 g)
Roy Henshaw	P	1933, 1935–1936 (91 g)	1938 (27 g)
Manny Aybar	P	2001 (17 g)	1997–1999 (99 g)
Alan Benes	P	2002–2003 (10 g)	1995–1997, 1999–2001 (101 g)
Dell Darling	C	1887–1889 (94 g)	1891 (17 g)
Jack Russell	P	1938–1939 (85 g)	1940 (26 g)
Ed Sauer	OF	1943–1945 (86 g)	1949 (24 g)
Cliff Chambers	P	1948 (29 g)	1951–1953 (79 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1932–1933 (47 g)	1930–1931, 1933–1934 (60 g)
Rich Nye	P	1966–1969 (101 g)	1970 (6 g)
Doug Capilla	P	1979–1981 (95 g)	1976–1977 (9 g)
Erik Pappas	C	1991 (7 g)	1993–1994 (97 g)
John Lackey	P	2016–2017 (61 g)	2014–2015 (43 g)
George Pierce	P	1912–1916 (98 g)	1917 (5 g)
Willie McGill	P	1893–1894 (67 g)	1891 (33 g)
Bud Tinning	P	1932–1934 (95 g)	1935 (4 g)
Patsy Tebeau	1B	1887 (20 g)	1899–1900 (78 g)
Andrew Kittredge	P	2025 (23 g)	2024 (74 g)
Harvey Hendrick	1B	1933 (69 g)	1932 (28 g)
Jamie Moyer	P	1986–1988 (89 g)	1991 (8 g)
Edwin Jackson	P	2013–2015 (83 g)	2011 (13 g)
Elmer Jacobs	P	1924–1925 (56 g)	1919–1920 (40 g)
Johnny Schulte	C	1929 (31 g)	1927 (64 g)
Jose Quintana	P	2017–2020 (82 g)	2022 (12 g)
Pete Childs	2B	1901 (60 g)	1901 (29 g)
Bill Eagan	2B	1893 (6 g)	1891 (82 g)
Lew Camp	3B	1893–1894 (46 g)	1892 (42 g)
Chuck Hartenstein	P	1965–1968 (79 g)	1970 (6 g)
Chris Cannizzaro	C	1971 (71 g)	1960–1961 (13 g)
Jerry White	OF	1978 (59 g)	1986 (25 g)
John Houseman	2B	1894 (4 g)	1897 (80 g)
Ray Harrell	P	1939 (4 g)	1935, 1937–1938 (78 g)
Bob Bowman	P	1942 (1 g)	1939–1940 (79 g)
Bud Teachout	P	1930–1931 (79 g)	1932 (1 g)
Bob Miller	P	1970–1971 (9 g)	1957, 1959–1961 (70 g)
Bob Humphreys	P	1965 (41 g)	1963–1964 (37 g)
Johnny Butler	SS	1928 (61 g)	1929 (17 g)
Larry McLean	C	1903 (1 g)	1904, 1913 (75 g)
Fritz Mollwitz	1B	1913–1914, 1916 (49 g)	1919 (25 g)
Roy Parmelee	P	1937 (37 g)	1936 (37 g)
Danny Jackson	P	1991–1992 (36 g)	1995–1997 (36 g)
Grady Hatton	3B	1960 (28 g)	1956 (44 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2021 (3 g)	2012–2014 (69 g)
Rawly Eastwick	P	1981 (30 g)	1977 (41 g)
Doc Farrell	SS	1930 (46 g)	1930 (23 g)
Mark Clark	P	1997–1998 (42 g)	1991–1992 (27 g)
Lary Sorensen	P	1985 (45 g)	1981 (23 g)
Ryan Tepera	P	2020–2021 (64 g)	2023 (2 g)
Jack Lamabe	P	1968 (42 g)	1967 (23 g)
Lew Burdette	P	1964–1965 (36 g)	1963–1964 (29 g)
Roy Walker	P	1917–1918 (15 g)	1921–1922 (50 g)
Miguel Socolovich	P	2012 (6 g)	2015–2017 (58 g)
Fred Toney	P	1911–1913 (34 g)	1923 (29 g)
Tommy Raub	C	1903 (36 g)	1906 (24 g)
Jackie Collum	P	1957 (9 g)	1951–1953, 1956 (50 g)
Mel Wright	P	1960–1961 (20 g)	1954–1955 (38 g)
Jim Hughey	P	1893 (2 g)	1898, 1900 (55 g)
Paul Kilgus	P	1989 (35 g)	1993 (22 g)
Freddy Schmidt	P	1947 (1 g)	1944, 1946–1947 (55 g)
Ken Raffensberger	P	1940–1941 (53 g)	1939 (1 g)
Ty Waller	3B	1981–1982 (47 g)	1980 (5 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1957 (48 g)	1956 (3 g)
Frank Dwyer	P	1888–1889 (41 g)	1892 (10 g)
Frank Corridon	P	1904 (20 g)	1910 (30 g)
Sam Mejias	OF	1979 (31 g)	1976 (18 g)
Irv Higginbotham	P	1909 (19 g)	1906, 1908–1909 (29 g)
Eduardo Sanchez	P	2013 (4 g)	2011–2012 (43 g)
Mike Mahoney	C	2000, 2002 (20 g)	2005 (26 g)
Clarence Currie	P	1903 (6 g)	1902–1903 (39 g)
Gene Lillard	P	1936, 1939 (42 g)	1940 (2 g)
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	1970 (3 g)	1957 (40 g)
Paul Toth	P	1962–1964 (37 g)	1962 (6 g)
Steve Mesner	3B	1938–1939 (19 g)	1941 (24 g)
Dave Giusti	P	1977 (20 g)	1969 (22 g)
Jack Harper	P	1906 (1 g)	1900–1901 (40 g)
Dan Haren	P	2015 (11 g)	2003–2004 (29 g)
Ike McAuley	SS	1925 (37 g)	1917 (3 g)
Austin Romine	C	2021 (28 g)	2022 (11 g)
Bill Moran	C	1895 (15 g)	1892 (24 g)
Miguel Batista	P	1997 (11 g)	2011 (26 g)
Bill Phyle	P	1898–1899 (14 g)	1906 (22 g)
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	1968 (9 g)	1952, 1955, 1961 (27 g)
Bob Rhoads	P	1902 (16 g)	1903 (18 g)
Jerome Williams	P	2005–2006 (23 g)	2016 (11 g)
Eddie Solomon	P	1975 (6 g)	1976 (26 g)
Pete Standridge	P	1915 (30 g)	1911 (2 g)
Casey Hageman	P	1914 (16 g)	1914 (12 g)
Phil Collins	P	1923 (1 g)	1935 (26 g)
Morrie Martin	P	1959 (3 g)	1957–1958 (21 g)
Matt Keough	P	1986 (19 g)	1985 (4 g)
Boots Day	OF	1970 (11 g)	1969 (11 g)
Walt Kinzie	SS	1884 (19 g)	1884 (2 g)
Chick King	OF	1958–1959 (15 g)	1959 (5 g)
Grover Lowdermilk	P	1912 (2 g)	1909, 1911 (18 g)
Walt Huntzinger	P	1926 (11 g)	1926 (9 g)
Herman Bronkie	3B	1914 (1 g)	1918 (18 g)
Roy Leslie	1B	1917 (7 g)	1919 (12 g)
Shawn Armstrong	P	2024 (8 g)	2024 (11 g)
Fred Norman	P	1964, 1966–1967 (11 g)	1970–1971 (5 g)
Ben Wade	P	1948 (2 g)	1954 (13 g)
Herb Hunter	3B	1916–1917 (6 g)	1921 (9 g)
Pete Mikkelsen	P	1967–1968 (10 g)	1968 (5 g)
Fred Haney	3B	1927 (4 g)	1929 (10 g)
Terry Hughes	3B	1970 (2 g)	1973 (11 g)
Jim Cosman	P	1970 (1 g)	1966–1967 (11 g)
Ray Starr	P	1945 (9 g)	1932 (3 g)
Ed Mickelson	1B	1957 (6 g)	1950 (5 g)
Jim Ellis	P	1967 (8 g)	1969 (2 g)
Doug Creek	P	1999 (3 g)	1995 (6 g)
Jack Spring	P	1964 (7 g)	1964 (2 g)
Ryan Meisinger	P	2021 (7 g)	2020 (2 g)
George Nicol	P	1891 (3 g)	1890 (3 g)
Hank Gornicki	P	1941 (1 g)	1941 (4 g)
John Dolan	P	1895 (2 g)	1893 (3 g)
Newt Kimball	P	1937–1938 (3 g)	1940 (2 g)
Dick Ward	P	1934 (3 g)	1935 (1 g)
Jim McCauley	C	1885 (3 g)	1884 (1 g)
Dave Dowling	P	1966 (1 g)	1964 (1 g)
Tony Jacobs	P	1948 (1 g)	1955 (1 g)

From the SABR Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 3.0), 1876–2025. A season counts when the player played at least one regular-season game for the franchise.Cubs seasons include the Chicago White Stockings (1876–1889), Chicago Colts (1890–1897) and Chicago Orphans (1898–1902).Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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How many players have played for both the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals?

329 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Lou Brock, Rogers Hornsby, Don Kessinger and Shawon Dunston. A player counts when he played at least one regular-season game for each franchise.

Who was the first player on this list to play for both?

Hugh Nicol: Chicago Cubs first, then the St. Louis Cardinals from 1883.

Who has played for both recently?

Willson Contreras, Patrick Wisdom, Genesis Cabrera, Carson Kelly, Andrew Kittredge and Shawn Armstrong, with a season for one of the two in 2024 or 2025.

Does a player count if the team has moved or changed its name?

Yes. Seasons count for today's franchise, the way the Lahman database links every team-season to a franchise. Cubs seasons include the Chicago White Stockings (1876–1889), Chicago Colts (1890–1897) and Chicago Orphans (1898–1902). Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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